Drop leaf shirt holder



April 14, 1959 M. SCHNEIER ET'AL 2,881,964.

DROP LEAF SHIRT HOLDER Filed Feb. 25, 1958 INVENTORS E N N IR R mm m L T om R v Us H TX RA AM United States. Patent,

York, N.Y., assiguors to Aausworth, Ltd., N.Y., a'corporation of New York Levine, New New York,

Application February 25, 1958,- Serial No. 717,404 2 Claims. (Cl. 223-88) This invention relates to improvements in clothing hangers, and relates more particularly to a hanger device which serves as an auxiliary hanger or extension to be attached to a conventional clothes hanger for hanging different articles of clothing from the same hanger.

In displaying clothing for sale, particularly matched clothing sets such as shorts and shirt combinations and the like, it is often desirable to hang the matched combination from one hanger so that the two articles of clothing can be seen together. This has hitherto been found impossible to do in an attractive or practical manner in using a single hanger.

In accordance with the invention, there is provided an auxiliary or accessory hanger device formed with a top loop which can be hung upon the hook of a conven tional clothing hanger, with the accessory hanger lying flat along one side of the conventional hanger and depending therebelow for holding another garment proximate to the garment hung on the conventional hanger. The auxiliary hanger may be simply and easily made with a single strand of rigid wire, and is extremely economical in manufacture. In addition, the hanger is small in size and is unobtrusive, so that its presence in attachment to the conventional hanger will be practically unnoticeable, and will not detract from the aesthetic appearance of the garment combination being displayed.

The hanger device will also find use in the home for convenient hanging of a pair of garments, for example, a shirt and pair of slacks, together upon one conventional hanger, taking up a minimum of closet space.

Additional objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following specification when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the hanger device of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing a conventional hanger with the auxiliary hanger mounted thereon;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view similar to Fig. 2 but showing articles of clothing hung upon the hangers;

Fig. 4 is an elevational view showing the auxiliary hanger mounted upon a diiferent type of hanger for shorts; and

Fig. 5 is a section, on an enlarged scale, as taken along line 55 of Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawings and in particular to Fig. 1, there is shown an auxiliary or accessory hanger which may be formed of a single strand of wire bent into the shape shown in Fig. 1. In forming the accessory hanger, the wire is bent at its center to form a central bight 12 and a pair of legs 14, 16 defining a stem 18. The wire legs are then twisted about each other forming spiral turns which serve to rigidity the stem 18 and act as the bottom end thereof. The wire ends are then bent outwardly in opposite directions from each other below the twisted portion 20 to form a pair of transverse arms 22 and 24 for supporting clothing. The ends of 2,881,964 Patented Apr. 14,

the arms 22 and 24 are bent into loops 26 and 28 to provide rounded ends which prevent'tearing of the garment hung on the hanger.

The upper end of the legs 14, '16 forming the stem 18 are bent rearwardlyperpendicular to the plane ofstem 18 as shown at 30, forming a top loop 32 which is closed by the bight 12. The loop 32 is thus disposed on ahorizontal plane in the upright, operative position of the accessory hanger 10, and is sized to receive the hook of a conventional hanger, whereby the accessory hanger 10 may be mounted on such conventional hanger.

Fig. 2 shows the conventional clothes hanger 40 which has a wooden body member 42, a cross bar 44 and a top hook 46. The auxiliary hanger is shown mounted thereon with the hook 46 extending through the top loop 32. In this mounted position, the top bent ends 30 of the stem 18 rest upon and extend along the 'top surface of the hanger body 42 on either side of the hook 46, the stem 18 thus being permitted to hang vertically downward with its legs 14, 16 depending parallel to the front surface of the hanger 40. The arms 22 and 24 extend in a horizontal plane, parallel to and slightly beneath the cross bar 44 of hanger 40.

Figs. 3 and 5 show a pair of trousers or slacks 48 supported on the cross-bar 44 of hanger 40 and a folded shirt 50 supported on the auxiliary hanger 10. The auxiliary hanger 10 is so sized that its arms 22 and 24 fit within the neck of the folded shirt 50 and extend to the outer ends of the shoulder portions thereof. As seen in Figs. 3 and 5, the rearwardly-bent top ends 30 of the stem 18 are of sufiicient length to overlie the top of frame 42 of the hanger 40 with the stem 18 extending downwardly along the front surface of the hanger 40 and the shirt 50 lying flush against the trousers 48. Thus, a matched set is readily visible for an attractive display or a shirt and pants combination is capable of being hung in the home in approximately the same space as a conventional hanger.

Fig. 4 shows the auxiliary hanger 10 as mounted on the conventional type of shorts hanger 52. The hanger 52 has a body member 54 sized to hold a pair of shorts 56. The body member 54 has an upstanding hook 58. Again, the loop 32 of the auxiliary hanger 10 may be mounted on the hook 58 with the bent ends 30 of the auxiliary hanger extending over the head portion of the shorts hanger 52, and the stem 18 extending downwardly along the front surface of the shorts hanger. In this mounted position, the shirt 50 carried by the auxiliary hanger 10 is centered upon and rests fiush against the pair of shorts 56 carried by the hanger 52.

The open loop 32 formed by the bent upper portions 30 of the stem 18 permits the auxiliary hanger 10 to be raised from its suspended position shown in Figs. 3 and 4 to a horizontal position forwardly of the hanger 40. Thus, for display purposes, the garment hung on the auxiliary hanger may be readily lifted away from the garment hung on the hanger 40 to reveal the garment therebeneath.

While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described herein, it is obvious that numerous changes and additions may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. An auxiliary hanger for attachment to a clothes hanger having an upstanding hook, said auxiliary hanger being formed of a single length of wire bent at its center to form an upstanding stem having a pair of spaced arms connected by a bight at their top ends, the upper ends of said arms being bent substantially perpendicularly to the axis of said stem and forming a top terminal loop open at one end and closed at its other end by said bight, said loop being sized to receive the hook of said clothes hanger, the arms being twisted helically about each other to form the bottom end of said stem, the arms then extending laterally in opposite directions from the bottom end of said stem to define a pair of aligned clothessupporting arms lying in a common plane with said stem, the top terminal loop extending perpendicularly to said common plane.

2. An auxiliary hanger for attachment to a clothes hanger having an upstanding hook, said auxiliary hanger being formed of a single length of wire bent at its center to form an upstanding stem having a pair of spaced arms connected by a bight at their top ends, the upper ends of said arms being bent substantially perpendicularly to the axis of said stem and forming a top terminal 100p open at one end and closed at its other end by said bight, said loop being sized to receive the hook of said clothes hanger, said arms extending laterally in opposite directions from the bottom end of said stem to define a pair of aligned clothes-supporting arms lying in a common plane with said stem, the top terminal loop extending perpendicularly to said common plane.

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